Schools closed until February? (part 3)

meeeeh

wirelessdude01 wrote: »

Nothing about widespread transmission landing us in level 5?

CMO described it as that.

I edited my reply, we went a lot quicker than others. Belgium is at 1500 per 100k we wereat highest 310 or there abouts.

Cmo described it as that he also said schools should stay open.

s1ippy

History Queen wrote: »

Clarity around definition of close contacts in schools according to this article, maybe I'm being dense but is it any different to what a close contact has been deemed to be since September?

https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-40074659.html?type=amp&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter&__twitter_impression=true

There's no difference between the criteria in that article and the criteria at the start of the school year, from what I can see.

holdyerhorses

wirelessdude01 wrote: »

Have a look.

https://www.hpsc.ie/a-z/respiratory/coronavirus/novelcoronavirus/surveillance/covid-1914-dayepidemiologyreports/

Given the news on the Vaccine thread related to t cell immunity studies, the below looks very very promising.

< 24 years;
36% of cases
6% of the hospitalisations
0% admitted to ICU


And Case fatality ratio (CFR, %) for the last 14 days at 0.14

Boggles

Theboinkmaster wrote: »

No you haven't - because there are fvck all children in Ireland being home schooled.

Whoosh!

Snugglebunnies

My daughter came home from school today and said they had all swapped seats in school. All new pods etc. Doesnt make much sense to me in terms of infection control.

khalessi

Snugglebunnies wrote: »

My daughter came home from school today and said they had all swapped seats in school. All new pods etc. Doesnt make much sense to me in terms of infection control.

A lot of schools did it due to the week's break. Seat planning done prior to midterm as HSE have to be informed.

Snugglebunnies

khalessi wrote: »

A lot of schools did it due to the week's break. Seat planning done prior to midterm as HSE have to be informed.

I still think it's a bit mad considering the virus has an incubation period of up to 2 weeks. Why not leave things be?

khalessi

Snugglebunnies wrote: »

I still think it's a bit mad considering the virus has an incubation period of up to 2 weeks. Why not leave things be?

Personally I would agree with ya, but I know some teachers got new classes and put the names into pods and ended up with a couple that were disruptive to the class as being too chatty etc. But the on the otherhand practically no covid in schools:cool:

BonsaiKitten

Snugglebunnies wrote: »

My daughter came home from school today and said they had all swapped seats in school. All new pods etc. Doesnt make much sense to me in terms of infection control.

Pods make little sense in terms of infection control tbh when you take classroom realities into account, teachers have been constantly saying that on this thread.

BeamMeAway

Snugglebunnies wrote: »

My daughter came home from school today and said they had all swapped seats in school. All new pods etc. Doesnt make much sense to me in terms of infection control.

It is a joke. My kids did as well. This whole covid nonsense is a bunch of bs. Nobody has the flu or normal cold all kids get within first few weeks of school because it is all covid now. My kids have had colds and one of my kids and I have had the stomach bug the past week, but no no, it is covid. Let us get real. Just a way to see how much we will tolerate before we put a stop to this commie nonsense.

BeamMeAway

BeamMeAway wrote: »

It is a joke. My kids did as well. This whole covid nonsense is a bunch of bs. Nobody has the flu or normal cold all kids get within first few weeks of school because it is all covid now. My kids have had colds and one of my kids and I have had the stomach bug the past week, but no no, it is covid. Let us get real. Just a way to see how much we will tolerate before we put a stop to this commie nonsense.

It seems it’s a conspiracy between the commies, nazis and lizard people, in association with reverse vampires and the rand corporation

Funsterdelux

Deleted User wrote: »

It seems it’s a conspiracy between the commies, nazis and lizard people, in association with reverse vampires and the raind corporation

:pac:

2ndcoming

BeamMeAway wrote: »

It is a joke. My kids did as well. This whole covid nonsense is a bunch of bs. Nobody has the flu or normal cold all kids get within first few weeks of school because it is all covid now. My kids have had colds and one of my kids and I have had the stomach bug the past week, but no no, it is covid. Let us get real. Just a way to see how much we will tolerate before we put a stop to this commie nonsense.

Hopefully someone will beam you away.

jrosen

My sons class changed pods also, he was delighted. I dont see the big deal tbh. The kids have been out of school for 9 days so its an ideal time to change up the seat plan. Probably keeps spirits high for the kids to have a change of table especially considering they are not mixing as they usually would. My sons teacher is absolutely keeping the pods apart as best he can.

BeamMeAway

2ndcoming wrote: »

Hopefully someone will beam you away.

Well the commies will beam us all away if they ever take control.

SusanC10

No change for either of our Kids. Still sitting beside the same people.
Windows open fully. Some Kids in coats etc.

holdyerhorses

khalessi wrote: »

Personally I would agree with ya, but I know some teachers got new classes and put the names into pods and ended up with a couple that were disruptive to the class as being too chatty etc. But the on the otherhand practically no covid in schools:cool:

36% of cases in the last 14 days in under 24s, which would suggest it is obviously in schools, but this is the trade-off society made. Thankfully only 6% of the hospitalisations and 0% of the ICU admissions, given that it's likely that immunity is possible through infection, this really is very promising news all round.

Beasty

Threads merged

Smacruairi

Deleted User wrote: »

Still need to review the numbers in detail, but what I was actually talking about in the post you so kindly referenced were the Dublin numbers, which would have required 300+ cases today to reverse the trend in the county. And given there were only 240, the point still stands.

We are now at 321 cases in Dublin, despite having level 3 for ages, and a full lockdown for close to a fortnight.

Are you going to deflect again?

khalessi

Smacruairi wrote: »

We are now at 321 cases in Dublin, despite having level 3 for ages, and a full lockdown for over a week.

Are you going to deflect again?

Sure thats nothin dont be silly now, raising a fuss away with ya

2ndcoming

BeamMeAway wrote: »

Well the commies will beam us all away if they ever take control.

Sure thing, Senator McCarthy.

Smacruairi

Smacruairi wrote: »

We are now at 321 cases in Dublin, despite having level 3 for ages, and a full lockdown for close to a fortnight.

Are you going to deflect again?

Handy little chart linked here that explains it all. I suppose you believe there were 321 cases in Dublin because schools went back?

MerlinSouthDub wrote: »

There was backlog of 258 on Saturday. Great site here:

https://covid19.shanehastings.eu/api/swabs/

redunited

My oldest comes home every day complaining of how cold the school is because of windows open. How much longer can kids be expected to sit in cold schools trying to learn?

I am at the point where I am now considering removing him because of the cold, I think the law states the average temperature should be at least 17c?

History Queen

redunited wrote: »

My oldest comes home every day complaining of how cold the school is because of windows open. How much longer can kids be expected to sit in cold schools trying to learn?

I am at the point where I am now considering removing him because of the cold, I think the law states the average temperature should be at least 17c?

The windows are being left open to improve ventilation which is important in helping curb the spread of the virus. Has he tried wearing base layers under his uniform? Apparently they make a huge difference.

Blondini

redunited wrote: »

My oldest comes home every day complaining of how cold the school is because of windows open. How much longer can kids be expected to sit in cold schools trying to learn?

I am at the point where I am now considering removing him because of the cold, I think the law states the average temperature should be at least 17c?

It's a tricky one that's not going to get any easier as the winter temperatures really set in.

Unfortunately, ventilation is the only genuine Covid protection that schools have, as there is no SD and pods/bubbles are as real and useful as a Harry Potter spell.

It's tough on everyone.

MerlinSouthDub

redunited wrote: »

My oldest comes home every day complaining of how cold the school is because of windows open. How much longer can kids be expected to sit in cold schools trying to learn?

I am at the point where I am now considering removing him because of the cold, I think the law states the average temperature should be at least 17c?

I don't mean to be harsh, but the cold isn't going to do him any harm.

jrosen

redunited wrote: »

My oldest comes home every day complaining of how cold the school is because of windows open. How much longer can kids be expected to sit in cold schools trying to learn?

I am at the point where I am now considering removing him because of the cold, I think the law states the average temperature should be at least 17c?

You are of course free to remove your child from school and register to home school. The school is using the windows to increase ventilation which is in everyones best interest. Order some base layer thermals, a body warmer could also be useful to keep him warm.

wirelessdude01

redunited wrote: »

My oldest comes home every day complaining of how cold the school is because of windows open. How much longer can kids be expected to sit in cold schools trying to learn?

I am at the point where I am now considering removing him because of the cold, I think the law states the average temperature should be at least 17c?

So tell us, what should the school do?

Blondini

wirelessdude01 wrote: »

So tell us, what should the school do?

I'm sure there's a graph, chart or some statistics somewhere that will help?

is_that_so

redunited wrote: »

My oldest comes home every day complaining of how cold the school is because of windows open. How much longer can kids be expected to sit in cold schools trying to learn?

I am at the point where I am now considering removing him because of the cold, I think the law states the average temperature should be at least 17c?

Layers is the way forward, thermals and vests and thicker socks and jumpers.